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Michael Payne vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 285 different votes 287 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
Participation
81.4 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,882
2,312 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
47.1 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
996
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
14
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
15
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
27
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API